Source: dadsbigplan.com

2. Thunderstrike

(Marvel Comics)

Nineties-ified Thor!

Yup, Thunderstrike is the worst of the three Not-vengers (War Machine, USAgent, and himself), and he’s the only one who hasn't stuck around. Eric Masterson was an architect who befriended Thor's Simonson-era Secret Identity Sig"¦Siga"¦Hang on. Sigurd Jarlson. I wonder why that name didn't stick. So Eric and"¦Sigmund the Sea Monster became very close.

When Eric was killed helping Thor, Odin saved his life by fusing the two together. After some time, they were unmerged, but since Eric had proven he could be a good Thor, Odin made him his own hammer-type weapon (a mace), and let him be a hero on his own.

You may recognize this as the same reason that inside-out horse alien has a Thor hammer. Eric’s mace was called Thunderstrike, and unlike Thor and Beta Ray Bill, Eric failed to come up with his own name. He just took the mace's name for himself. When he died, his son became the new Thunderstrike in his stead.

Why Wasn't He Bigger: Look, he honestly wasn't different enough from plain ol' Thor to justify his existence. Jane Foster Thor was, Beta Ray Bill was, but Thunderstrike? Not so much.